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University of Worcester Nursery

Designed for Children

Worcester University Nursery, Worcester

Creating inspiring learning spaces

Playful architecture - designed to inspire children

Modular construction - to reduce disruption and build time

Daniel has demonstrated his powerful and charismatic personality, able to inspire and motivate teams from across the business… Daniel is the only person that has obtained a spontaneous round of applause for his creativity, energy and output.
— Steve Newell – Director Portakabin Ltd. York

Creating engaging spaces - bight inspiring internal spaces to inspire young minds

Description: A fully modular solution to create a colourful and spacious nursery building. Architectural features included a zigzag canopy wrapping around the building, playful coloured windows, bamboo and brightly coloured cladding and triangular roof lights. The client wanted an inspiring solution with strong architectural merit to sit on the university campus.

Section through building. Iconic pointed roof lights to bring natural light and air deep into the classroom spaces

Full modular construction

Distinctive ‘L’ shaped floor plan

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Project Details

Project: University of Worcester Nursery

Details: RIBA stage 3 (bid), Client UoW. GIFA 450m2. value 1.2M. Refer to credits for full credit references for this project.

Service: Concept Architect, Lead Architect

All images Copyright © Portakabin Limited 2017

Site Plan - nursery built on the University of Worcester campus to be used by students and teachers